GURGAON: Indian Military Commanders fear penetration of Pakistani andKashmiris spies in ranks of troops after the episode of DSP Davinder Singh.
The CRPF has carried out a mega audit of its over three lakh personnel tocheck for any possible “subversive” elements in the wake of a Jammu andKashmir Police officer being caught with terrorists recently, the chief ofthe paramilitary force said here on Tuesday.
CRPF Director General (DG) AP Maheshwari said the incident involving DeputySuperintendent of Police Davinder Singh was “grave” and an “area of extremeconcern” for the security forces, adding that all should see that thesethings don’t occur.
So it was “common sense” to carry out such an audit of its manpower,deployed as the lead force for counter-terrorist and anti-Naxal operationsacross the country, when any incident like this take place, he said.
“If something happens somewhere, it is a case to revisit ourselves and thatis what we have done. We have no doubts about our personnel,” the CRPFchief said.
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A senior official said the counter-intelligence units of the force wererecently asked to check the credentials of the personnel after obtainingdata from all available sources and they have been asked to be kept on”active mode” for some more time.
“No security grid should be allowed to be weakened by such episodes. So,all forces have to keep an internal watch,” he said on the arrest of DSPSingh.
“All forces should maintain vigilance so that there is no such type ofsubversion or some sort of intrusion within the force…,” the DG toldreporters here.
